Which SLES11 SP2 repos to mirror?

2012-08-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are currently running SuSE SLES 11-SP1. We are beginning to look at updating to SLES 11-SP2. We use a local Linux SMT guest to mirror the updates. We currently mirror: SLES11-SP1-Pool SLES11-SP1-Updates So I assume we need to mirror: SLES11-SP2-Core SLES11-SP2-Updates But I also noticed the f

Re: Which SLES11 SP2 repos to mirror?

2012-08-28 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 11:46 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [LINUX-390] Which SLES11 SP2 repos to mirror? We are currently running SuSE SLES 11-SP1. We are beginning to look at updating to SLES 11-SP2. We use a local Linux SMT guest to mirror

message "There was an error in the repository initialization" when using YaST2 Online Update option

2012-08-30 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are trying to update some of our Linux guests through YaST2/Online Updates and are receiving the following message: There was an error in the repository initialization This is now occurring on all our Linux guests. Is this issue on our side or Novell's side? There is not much more information

Re: message "There was an error in the repository initialization" when using YaST2 Online Update option

2012-08-30 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
quot; when using YaST2 Online Update option Sent by:Linux on 390 Port >>> On 8/30/2012 at 08:58 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > We are trying to update some of our Linux guests through YaST2/Online > Updates and are receiving the following mess

Another SLES11 SMT mirroring repository question

2012-09-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We upgraded to SLES11-SP2 from our local SMT server repositories. We are mirroring the following locally: .-. | Mirror? | ID | Type | Name | Target

Re: Another SLES11 SMT mirroring repository question

2012-09-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
NUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter > E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco > > > We upgraded to SLES11-SP2 from our local SMT server repositories. We are > mirroring the following locally: > > > > | Yes | 5 | nu | SLES11-SP1-Pool | sle-11-s390x | > SLES11-SP1-

Re: Another SLES11 SMT mirroring repository question

2012-09-09 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
age- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Friday, September 07, 2012 8:12 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [LINUX-390] Another SLES11 SMT mirroring repository question We upgraded to SLES11-SP2 from our local SMT server re

Re: Another SLES11 SMT mirroring repository question

2012-09-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
To install these updates from SLES11-SP2-Core, I found out that I can do the following: YaST online updates, repository tab, right click in list in the right panel and choose: All in this list > Install when a newer version is available. This will install all the remaining SP2 package updates. Is

Transferring a console session with z/VM Version 6.2

2015-02-06 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
z/VM Transferring a console session We can take over a session, such as the operator?s console by logon here. Can we transfer a session such as the operator?s console to another device? Another words, give it back without intervention from the remote side? Peter This Email message and any a

SLES11install doc for z/Series

2010-06-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am downloading SLES11-SP1 for z/Series. However, I have not found any documentation to get me started installing this as a z/VM guest. In the past, I mounted the image via NFS and started the process. Does anyone have a link or something to get me started or is the z/Series install doc part of th

Re: SLES11install doc for z/Series

2010-06-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
. I hope this helps. Mike >>> On 6/29/2010 at 08:57 AM, in message , "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > I am downloading SLES11-SP1 for z/Series. However, I have not found any > documentation to get me started installing this as a z/VM guest. In the > past,

Re: kernel: page allocation failure recommendations

2010-08-05 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to all that responded. I appreciate everyone's responsiveness. I increased vm.swappiness from 60 to 80. It is too early to tell if it made any significant difference. We have also accelerated our plans to move forward with our SLE-10-s390x-SP3 production implementation. Peter Shane Gi

*** No repository found when installing SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM

2011-03-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are making our first attempt to installed SLES11. We previously have installed SLES8-SLES10 in the past. I copied the DVD installation to my NFS server and configured the proper permissions. We go through the process up to where it prompts to enter the server directory, see below: Enter the dir

Re: *** No repository found when installing SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM

2011-03-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
ion under z/VM Sent by:Linux on 390 Port On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:31:56 -0500 "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Enter the directory on the server > -/usr/local/share/sles11-s390x/DVD1-> > > *** No repository found. > > What are we missing Maybe

Re: *** No repository found when installing SLES11 with NFS option under z/VM

2011-03-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
t;> On 3/10/2011 at 01:31 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > We are making our first attempt to installed SLES11. We previously have > installed SLES8-SLES10 in the past. I copied the DVD installation to my > NFS server and configured the proper permissions. We go

SLES11 Updates

2011-07-13 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
With SLES9 we used a YOUSERVER and with SLES10 we use YUP to mirror updates locally where we then installed them. What is the best method for SLES11. Is it SMT and when I select the options to mirror in YaST is that what it will use? Whenever I try to register for updates I get the ERROR 504: 504 G

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-13 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
The gateway timeout issue must have been a web service issue as I retried and it is working. Is SMT what everyone is using for mirroring updates in SLES11? Peter From: Peter E Abresch/EP/PEP To: Linux on 390 Port Date: 07/13/2011 08:22 AM Subject:SLES11 Updates With SLES9 we

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
ikely already been included though so maybe its not your timeout problem. Marcy -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 7:29 AM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [LINU

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
: SLES11 Updates Sent by:Linux on 390 Port >>> On 7/14/2011 at 08:09 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > I > register the updates and everything seems to complete successfully, > however there are never any update repositories saved. I What am I &g

Re: SLES11 Updates

2011-07-15 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
>>> On 7/14/2011 at 01:02 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > I hope that it is that simple. Any idea when the issue will be resolved? I I'm told that it is now fixed, so try a refresh, or if that fails a r

RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command

2011-08-15 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have RACF LDAP server setup under z/OS Version 1.11. We are using SLES11-SP1 Linux. We are using LDAP to authenticate with RACF passwords and DB2 for the TDBM backend. We populated the TDBM and everything is working great with one exception. We cannot change the RACF password from Linux using th

Re: RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command

2011-08-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
After a good night sleep, I delved into this problem further. I do not think this is an ACL issue as I can change the password using the ldapmodify command. On the z/OS LDAP Server, we are using TDBM and RACF for native authentication. We have the following: Server Configuration adminDN: cn=ld

Re: RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command

2011-08-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
:38 AM Subject:Re: RACF LDAP and Linux passwd command Sent by:Linux on 390 Port On Tuesday, 08/16/2011 at 07:35 EDT, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > After a good night sleep, I delved into this problem further. I do not > think this is an ACL issue

udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We finally have RACF LDAP server running on z/OS with the TDBM backend and native authentication. We thought we were done as all our testing completed successfully. However, when the operator booted Linux, the console is flooded with the following messages on the shutdown and startup. It is very di

Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I have the following set in /etc/ldap.conf bind_policy soft nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,haldaemon,messagebus,dbus,bin,daemon,postfix,sshd,polkituser,uuidd,100,101 However, these messages are overwhelming. I get them for udevd and vol_id. These might be a startup timing issue as soon as t

Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
host exceptions, but at least it's possible using 'files ldap'. -- Pat On 8/18/11 12:47 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: > I have the following set in /etc/ldap.conf > > bind_policy soft > nss_initgroups_ignoreusers > root,ldap,haldaemon,messagebus

Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . .

2011-08-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
: Mark Post To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 08/19/2011 02:45 PM Subject:Re: udevd-349-: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap:// . . . Sent by:Linux on 390 Port >>> On 8/19/2011 at 10:53 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > I have t

DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Under SLES10, we see the following: 0.0.0150(ECKD) at ( 94: 0) is dasda : active at blocksize 4096, 600840 blocks, 2347 MB 0.0.0151(ECKD) at ( 94: 4) is dasdb : active at blocksize 4096, 600840 blocks, 2347 MB 0.0.0152(ECKD) at ( 94: 8) is dasdc : active at blocksize 4096, 600840

Re: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
how it works. It is different between the SLES10 and SLES11 manuals. Ron Foster From: Linux on 390 Port [LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco [peabre...@pepco.com] Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2011 9:59 AM To: LINUX

Re: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
our parameter line would be: > > parameters = "root=/dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.0150-part1 > dasd_mod.dasd=0.0.150-0.0.15f > TERM=dumb" > > Ron Foster > > > > From: Linux on 390 Port [LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of

Re: DASD assignment different between SLES10 and SLES11

2011-09-30 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Added ?dasd_mod.dasd=0.0.150-0.0.15f? to the zipl.conf and ran zipl. These caused massive I/O errors and I had to back out. I analyzed this problem further and realized that I had two virtual DASD addresses mapped to this z/VM guest, leftover from a previous Reiserfs to EXT3 conversion. I had t

500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I was working with SMT and everything seem to be working and now, all of a sudden I am seeing the following: Mirroring: https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-s390x/ Target:/srv/www/htdocs/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Pool/sle-11-s390x E 'https://nu.novell.com/repo/$RCE/SLES11-SP1-Po

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
smt-mirror Sent by:Linux on 390 Port Did you recently patch perl-libwww-perl? Marcy -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Friday, October 14, 2011 11:52 AM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
"Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Is the 500 Internal Server Error on my end or Novell?s end? Looks like Novell's end is the problem. I just pointed my web browser to nu.novell.com, and got this back: 500 Internal Server Error All LDAP Servers down. Please contac

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
On 10/14/2011 at 02:51 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Is the 500 Internal Server Error on my end or Novell?s end? Looks like Novell's end is the problem. I just pointed my web browser to nu.novell.com, and got this back: 500 Internal Server Error All LDAP S

Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror

2011-10-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
INUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 10/14/2011 03:25 PM Subject:Re: 500 Internal Server Error with smt-mirror Sent by:Linux on 390 Port >>> On 10/14/2011 at 02:51 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Is the 500 Internal Server Error on my end or Novell?s end?

Cannot Ping SLES11 guests from z/VM through hypersockets

2011-10-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are running z/VM Version 5 Release 4.0, service level 1001 (64-bit). We can ping all of our SLES10 guests through our real hypersockets from z/VM. however we cannot ping our SLES11 guests from z/VM through our real hypersockets. All our Linux guests (SLES10 and SLES11) can ping each other fine t

Re: Cannot Ping SLES11 guests from z/VM through hypersockets

2011-10-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
processing completed successfully From: Mark Post To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 10/18/2011 06:53 PM Subject:Re: Cannot Ping SLES11 guests from z/VM through hypersockets Sent by:Linux on 390 Port >>> On 10/18/2011 at 06:42 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at

Re: Cannot Ping SLES11 guests from z/VM through hypersockets

2011-10-18 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
nalId=7007649&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_TID_1_1 Mike O'Reilly IBM Linux Change Team "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Sent by: Linux on

Re: Cannot Ping SLES11 guests from z/VM through hypersockets

2011-10-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
From: Steffen Maier To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 10/19/2011 06:44 AM Subject:Re: Cannot Ping SLES11 guests from z/VM through hypersockets Sent by:Linux on 390 Port On 10/19/2011 01:56 AM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: > Maybe, net.i

sam output vs SPident under SLES11-SP1

2011-10-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
When I run sam (no longer SPident), all seems to work fine except for that last paragraph of the output. SAM complains about the following repositories: 'SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1_11.1.1-1.152_DVD1' 'SUSE-Linux-Enterprise-Server-11-SP1_11.1.1-1.152_DVD2' I have disabled these repositori

Re: sam output vs SPident under SLES11-SP1

2011-10-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
on 390 Port >>> On 10/19/2011 at 11:31 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Should I simply delete these > repositories? The support people want to see the coveted "system up to > date" message similar to the old SPident. Is that even possibl

When LDAP Fails

2012-01-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are running SLES11-SP1 at latest maintenance levels. We use RACF LDAP and authenticate our Linux users to z/OS RACF. Everything works fine with no problems. Our root user is not defined in LDAP but to the local Linux. We have the following /etc/pam.d/login: #%PAM-1.0 auth required pa

Re: When LDAP Fails

2012-01-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
1/26/2012 at 01:36 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > In other words we have no access to the system to do anything. I do not > know if this a pam issue, an LDAP issue or an nss issue. I have been > unsuccessful in resolving this and am open to suggestions. Thank

Re: When LDAP Fails

2012-02-02 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
experiencing this problem? Peter From: Mark Post To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Date: 01/26/2012 04:52 PM Subject:Re: When LDAP Fails Sent by:Linux on 390 Port >>> On 1/26/2012 at 04:35 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > II configured /

yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Hello everyone, I have been away for awhile. We are currently running SLE-10-s390x-SP2 + "online updates". We will like to upgrade to SP3. I like to use our local yup repository and use Yast2 to upgrade by applying the move-to-sles10-sp3 patch. I changed the following on our YUM server config fi

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
ately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 8:28 AM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: [LINUX

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 1:21 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3 Thanks, I read through the link. The link for the

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
t; On 3/1/2010 at 11:27 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > We will like to upgrade to SP3. I like to use our local yup repository and > use Yast2 to upgrade by applying the move-to-sles10-sp3 patch. I don't know that using a YUP repository is going to work for this t

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
al Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mark Post Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 12:33 PM To: LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3 >>> On 3/1/2010 at 03:12 PM, &qu

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Port 03/01/2010 05:09 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu cc Subject Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3 >>> On 3/1/2010 at 04:43 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > This problem is sim

Re: yast procedure for going from SLE-10-s390x-SP2 to SLE-10-s390x-SP3

2010-03-03 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks to all that responded. Novell had to delete my mirror credentials and regenerate them and Lord and behold, YUP is downloading my SP3 stuff. I have since upgraded one of my Linux guest to SP3. Peter This Email message and any attachment may contain information that is proprietary, legally p

/var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have various Linux SLES10 SP3 guests under z/VM. We use YaST to apply the patches using our local YUM server. However, I see the following directory continue to grow. /var/lib/zypp/cache/ This directory contains many other directories in the form of Source./repodata. Each of these directories

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete this message. -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Friday, April 23, 2010 9:46 AM To: LINUX

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
-390@vm.marist.edu cc Subject Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves >>> On 4/23/2010 at 09:45 AM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > Question 2: Space is limited in our shop. Can I delete these directories? > I have these same patches on our local YUM serv

Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves

2010-04-23 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Linux on 390 Port To LINUX-390@vm.marist.edu cc Subject Re: /var/lib/zypp/cache/ is on my nerves >>> On 4/23/2010 at 12:06 PM, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" wrote: > cache-max-size-hard-limit | False | If true, never allow the > cache to grow past

z/VM WBT or CBT Recommendations?

2004-11-12 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are running 2 SuSE Linux Version 8.1 SP03 in native LPAR mode on an IFL. We just installed z/VM Version 5.1 and got it up and running. Does anyone have a recommendation for z/VM training that is Web Base Training (WBT) or even Computer Based Training (CBT). This will allow the staff to take the

Re: z/VM WBT or CBT Recommendations?

2004-11-14 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
6096-00&DT=20040825183444 Kurt Acker "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 11/12/2004 02:57 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject z/VM WBT or CBT Recommendations?

Re: Shutdown by Operations

2004-11-17 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We created an operator user id: We prohibit operator from using SSH so the operator cannot logon other than from the HMC system console. We created the following entry in /etc/sudoers: operator linuxd01=NOPASSWD: /sbin/shutdown and the following in /home/operator/.profile alias stop_system_now='

Re: Hipersockets - z/OS side

2004-11-24 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Yes, QDIO and hipersockets (iQDIO) require VTAM which is part of z/OS's Communication Server. Ranga Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED] l.com> To Sent by: Linux on [EMAIL PROTECTED]

z/VM Virtual Switch Controller define problem

2004-11-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are in the early stages of setting up z/VM for our Linux guests. I am trying to add a virtual switch controller while following Getting Started with Linux on zSeries on page 71. We are not licensed for dirmaint so I did not use the procedures on the preceding pages. However, I did create user

Re: z/VM Virtual Switch Controller define problem

2004-11-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thank you for responding. How do I do â3. Change the user's configuration to eliminate class Aâ? Peter "Ferguson, Neale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: z/VM Virtual Switch Controller define problem

2004-11-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I edit user direct by hand and then run directxa user. I have the following: USER VSWCTRL1 VSWCTRL1 32M 128M ABCG Are you saying I should have the following: USER VSWCTRL1 VSWCTRL1 32M 128M BCG The manual specifically shows an A, is the manual incorrect or am I still confused? Thanks. Peter

Re: z/VM Virtual Switch Controller define problem

2004-11-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thank you. Removing the A corrected my problem. I do not know if it is necessary or not. We have no users logged on to z/VM. We just installed it and are trying to become somewhat familiar with it. Peter "Ferguson, Neale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] oftwareAG-USA.c

Another Virtual Switch Controller question

2004-11-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I have 3 QDIO OSAs defined to z/VM V5.1 TCP/IP with VIPA and mproute. All works great and access to z/VM is via the VIPA. I have no z/VM Guest yet. I configured a vswitch with the same 3 OSAs and then configured a vswctrl1 controller. DEFINE VSWITCH VSWTCH00 RDEV F800 FC00 FD00 The vswctrl1 does

Linux /tmp and /var housekeeping recommendations

2004-12-12 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I was planning to perform some housekeeping cleanup on a regular basis for /tmp by including the following command in a cron: find /tmp -atime +30 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 rm I was going to do the same for the /var directory and got to thinking that maybe I will get more than I bargain for. Wh

CPINT RPM for SuSE 2.4.21?

2004-12-17 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have just installed z/VM Version 5.1 and now have 2 SuSE Linux 8.1 SP03 up and running as guests. We are interested in CPINT. I downloaded the SRPM from http://linuxvm.org/Patches/ but it appears to require a Linux Source tree which we do not have. Does anyone know if there is an CPINT RPM float

VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 5e:01

2004-12-19 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am getting the exact same error after applying the latest SuSE updates that brought my kernel from 2.4.24.251 to 2.4.24.261. One of those updates was for reiser. My root file system is reiser. I went through this exercise twice and verified that there is noting wrong with my zipl.conf and that it

Re: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 5e:01

2004-12-20 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I restored my root file system to recover from this error. I restored everthing except /var, /tmp, /home, and /opt. SuSE told me to run mkinitrd and then a zipl. I never ran the mkinitrd. YAST2 no longer shows these updates as available. I assume because the RPM database still thinks that they are

Re: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 5e:01

2004-12-20 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
nstallable," I think. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 1:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 5e:01 I restored my root file system

z/VM and Linux Guest VIPA routing?

2004-12-21 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are running 2 SuSE Linux SP03 in native LPAR mode. We have 3 OSA/e in qdio mode and 1 OSA/e in non-qdio mode. We run the Quagga routing suite to broadcast out our VIPA (dummy0) which all users use to access the Linux. This has worked rather well and allows us to shut down specific OSAs and netw

Re: z/VM and Linux Guest VIPA routing?

2004-12-21 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
x on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 5:53 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: z/VM and Linux Guest VIPA routing? We are running 2 SuSE Linux SP03 in native LPAR mode. We have 3 OSA/e in qdio mode and 1 OSA/e in non-

Re: z/VM and Linux Guest VIPA routing?

2004-12-21 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
e respond to Linux on 390 Port <[EMAIL PROTECTED] IST.EDU> On Tuesday, 12/21/2004 at 05:53 EST, "Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are running 2 SuSE Linux SP03 in native LPAR mode. We have 3 OSA/e in >

BaseVol/Guestvol Questions

2004-12-22 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
As we look forward to creating our SuSE Linux colonies under our new z/VM system, we have been reading many papers. Some include the following: Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Large Scale Linux Deployment Server Consolidations with Linux for zSeries Redpaper Using BIND Mount to Create A

Re: BaseVol/Guestvol Questions

2004-12-22 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
meron -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 12:43 To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: BaseVol/Guestvol Questions As we look forward to creating our SuSE Linux colonies under our new

Re: File system full

2004-12-28 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
<><><>

Re: Error on startup

2004-12-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
<><><>

basevol/guestvol w/ Reiserfs or ext2 opinions

2004-12-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I think I know the answer but appreciate any confirmations or other recommendations. It has been a long process. I am attempting to implement a basevol/guestvol system similar to what is described at http://linuxvm.org/present/misc/basevol.html . I have the root filesystem defined as R/O under z/V

Re: 2105

2004-12-29 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We have, had no problems, we use flashcopy for backups. It all works great. Peter shogunx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port 12/29/2004 06:02 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject 2105 Hi All, Has anyone here natively installed linu

Re: 2105

2005-01-01 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
ect Re: 2105 On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: > We have, had no problems, we use flashcopy for backups. It all works > great. What distribution did you implement? It seems that the ppc64 kernel is the only one that would work, given the ps64-II's in the

Hiperchannel Recommendation for z/VM Linux Guest?

2005-01-03 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I want each of our Linux guests under z/VM V5.1 to have a hipersocket connection to our z/OS LPARs as well as other Linux guests. Right now each z/OS and our native Linux LPARs use the same hipersocket UCB triplet via EMIF. However, it appears that I will have to perform an I/O configuration and de

Re: Full volume backups in zOS

2005-01-03 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We reboot our Linux Systems once a week and take a flashcopy of its DASD before starting it back up. This takes about 8 seconds. We use FDR to take full volume backups at our convenience after Linux is back up and operational. We use FDR to take full volume backups of our z/VM DASD as well. We also

Re: Full volume backups in zOS

2005-01-03 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
ROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 8:51 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Full volume backups in zOS We reboot our Linux Systems once a week and take a flashcopy of its DASD before starting it back up. This takes about 8 seconds. We use FDR to t

Re: Full volume backups in zOS

2005-01-05 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
<><><>

"DMSACP112S T(152) device error" normal for Linux mini disk?

2005-01-06 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I created a mini disk under z/VM. I formatted it using CMS command ?format 152 t? and all was fine. Under Linux I did ?mke2fs ?b 4096 /dev/dasdc1? and then put data on it. Linux is happy and there are no indications of any problems. However, if I try to access it under z/VM, I receive the follo

Re: "DMSACP112S T(152) device error" normal for Linux mini disk?

2005-01-06 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
nux file systems. You won't be able to access the from CMS. As far as CMS is concerned, the minidisk has garbage on it. Mark Post -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 2:05 PM

Re: "DMSACP112S T(152) device error" normal for Linux mini disk?

2005-01-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I took the advice and took all my file systems and perform the following: dasdfmt ?v ?f /dev/dasda ?d cdl ?l root01 ?b 4096 ?p fdasd /dev/dasda mke2fs ?b 4096 /dev/dasda1 Now when I access it under z/VM I receive the following: acc 150 t DMSACC723I T (0150) R/W - OS Which I guess is better than

Linux Hipersockets under z/VM

2005-01-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am having problems with hipersocket. I have hipersockets working fine on 2 native Linux LPARs however, this is my first attempt under z/VM. linuxm01:/etc/sysconfig/network # ifconfig hsi0 hsi0: error fetching interface information: Device not found linuxm01:/etc/sysconfig/network # ifconfig hsi0

Re: Linux Hipersockets under z/VM

2005-01-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Thanks for responding. Unfortunately changing "noauto;qeth0,0x0620,0x0621,0x0622,0,0,0" with: "noauto;qeth2,0x0620,0x0621,0x0622,0,0,0". in /etc/chandev.conf did not change anything. qeth0 should be fine anyway. Do I need to do anything special under z/VM for Linux guest for hipersockets. Peter

Re: Linux Hipersockets under z/VM

2005-01-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
v6 routers present Note the interface names: eth0 and eth1, not hsi0 and hsi1. Mark Post -----Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 10:46 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Li

Re: Linux Hipersockets under z/VM

2005-01-07 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I tend to agree at this point. I thought I was immune to this problem since I wanted native hipersockets. I have re-reported the problem to SuSE to see if a fix is available yet or a timeline. How do I go about getting the backout rpm k_deflt-2.4.21-261.s390.rpm as suggested in Joerg?s email? P

CP command to list z/VM files from Linux?

2005-01-08 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Is there a z/VM CP command that I can issue from a Linux virtual machine to list the contents of a file residing on z/VM. As an example, using cpint from a z/VM guest, can I list profile exec a? I know under CMS I can issue ?t profile exec a? but not when Linux is booted. Thanks. Peter ---

Re: Linux Hipersockets under z/VM

2005-01-08 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I backed out the kernel from 2.4.21.266 to 2.4.21.261 and hipersockets are now working fine. Thanks to all who assisted. Peter -- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: CP command to list z/VM files from Linux?

2005-01-08 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: CP command to list z/VM files from Linux? On Jan 8, 2005, at 3:53 PM, Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco wrote: > Is there a z/VM CP command that I can issue from a Linux virtual > machine > to list the contents of a file residing on z/VM

Re: CP command to list z/VM files from Linux?

2005-01-10 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
Perfect. This makes sense now and does exactly what I need. Thanks to everyone. Peter Richard Troth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: Linux on 390 Port 01/09/2005 08:33 PM Please respond to Linux on 390 Port To LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: CP command to list z/VM files from Linux?

LVM corrupted in /dev/lv-name

2005-01-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We are running SuSE Linux version 8 SP03 in a native LPAR. We are utilizing Logical Volume Manager (lvm). We lost our dasd and the filesystems became corrupted. I was able to run reiserfsck to recover however, /dev/linuxd01/tmp and /dev/linuxd01/opt appear to be the same. A listing of /dev/linuxd01

Re: LVM corrupted in /dev/lv-name

2005-01-16 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
inal Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 2:13 PM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: LVM corrupted in /dev/lv-name We are running SuSE Linux version 8 SP03 in a native LPAR. We are utilizing Logic

Re: Having 1 linux kernel

2005-01-26 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
We use a variation of the Using BIND Mounts to Create A Simplified BaseVol/GuestVol Linux Server process outlined at: http://linuxvm.org/present/misc/basevol.html Instead of the REXX scripts, we used standard scripting. We have the / (root) and /opt file systems as R/O z/VM mini disks. The rest

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-27 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
I am getting ready to attempt to install SLES9 under z/VM as well. The procedure mentioned in http://mikemacisaac.com/configureNFS.pdf describes a script called mksles9root. Does anyone have this in electronic format that I can download? Also, the statement "I did have to change one little thing:

Re: SuSE Installation Server

2005-01-28 Thread Peter E. Abresch Jr. - at Pepco
<><><>

  1   2   3   4   >